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Mount McMaster

Coordinates: 66°37′S 51°12′E / 66.617°S 51.200°E / -66.617; 51.200
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Mount McMaster
Map of Antarctica indicating location of Mount McMaster
Highest point
Elevation861.5 metres (2,800 ft)[1]
Coordinates66°37′S 51°12′E / 66.617°S 51.200°E / -66.617; 51.200
Geography
Map
LocationEnderby Land, East Antarctica
Geology
Mountain typeMetamorphic
Climbing
Easiest routebasic snow/ice climb

Mount McMaster is an outcrop 861.5 metres (2,800 ft) above sea level, located about 74 km (40 nmi) northeast of Mount Pardoe and 97 km (52 nmi) west of Mount Elkins in Enderby Land, East Antarctica. The outcrop was named after A. McMaster, a surveyor with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions Enderby Land Survey Party in 1976 who established a survey station on the summit.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b SCAR Gazetteer Ref. No 9336 Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
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